By Beatrice Oppon
Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo together with some justices of the Supreme Court and Court Appeal have planted more than two hundred tree seedlings in and around the premises of the Supreme Court, to observe the 2024 Green Ghana Day.
In a speech, the Chief Justice said the current generation owe it a duty to protect the country’s natural environment from the harsh effects of climate change by ending deforestation, pollution of rivers and other negative practices.
Green Ghana Day is marked annually across the sixteen regions of the country in June.
The project is aimed at restoring the country’s depleted forest cover and contributing to the global fight against climate change.
The project has successfully contributed to the planting of more than 42 million tree seedlings since its inception in 2021.
Justice Torkornoo noted that the world is experiencing the devastating effects of environmental degradation hence, “the need to plant more trees and engage in practices that will protect the environment and sustain the ecological system”.
